You may have chuckled over this one already. It was new to me, though, when
my brother passed it along.
Dear Tech Support,
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband
1.0 and noticed a slowdown in the overall
performance, particularly in the flower and jewelry applications
that had ... more »
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Friday, February 27
Friday afternoon tech humor
by
DavidAkin
on Fri 27 Feb 2004 08:47 PM EST
Where are the angry shareholders?
by
DavidAkin
on Fri 27 Feb 2004 08:47 PM EST
I was in Winnipeg yesterday for the annual shareholders meeting of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. The bank
has done pretty well by its shareholders. It posted some good numbers this
quarter and, compared to its peers in Canada, its
stock has done very nicely. But, as ... more »
Wednesday, February 25
Wi-Fi on the train
by
DavidAkin
on Wed 25 Feb 2004 07:14 AM EST
Canadian Wi-Fi service provider Spotnik Mobile announced
yesterday that its service is now up and running on VIA Rail trains
running between Montreal and Quebec City. I've used a VIA Rail train service
before, albeit from a different provider, but using the same basic network
architecture and it's pretty good. ... more »
Wi-Fi Hits Home; What's Wi-Fi?
by
DavidAkin
on Wed 25 Feb 2004 06:54 AM EST
The folks at polling firm Ipsos-Insight say Americans (and, I presume,
Canadians) are becoming more and more aware of what Wi-Fi. The pollster says
that six out of 10 Americans know what the technology is, compared to four
in 10 during the same survey last year. Ipsos concludes that this ... more »
Monday, February 23
Conrad and me
by
DavidAkin
on Mon 23 Feb 2004 10:07 PM EST
Heads up Vancouver -- I'm coming your way to talk about blogging
by
DavidAkin
on Mon 23 Feb 2004 09:12 PM EST
The Canadian Association of Journalists has
its annual conference in May in Vancouver. For the last seven or eight years
at this event, I've led workshops in computer-assisted reporting. This year,
I'm foregoing spreadsheets and database programs for blogging. Here's the
blurbs for a panel and a workshop I'm involved ... more »
FlashMob: Building SuperComputers from volunteer PCs
by
DavidAkin
on Mon 23 Feb 2004 08:19 AM EST
[Feel free to distribute this widely. This sounds kinda cool - Akin]
Welcome to
This is the home of the first Flash Mob Computing supercomputer and the official site for all things Flash Mob Computing. On April 3, 2004 University of San Francisco will host the first Flash Mob ... more » Wednesday, February 11
A million downloads for Canada's equivalent to ITunes
by
DavidAkin
on Wed 11 Feb 2004 11:53 AM EST
While American music fans have bought and downloaded 30 million songs and
counting from Apple's iTunes
music store, many Canadians are still waiting for their first chance to
buy some tunes from Apple.
Many more Canadians, however, said to hell with waiting for Apple to figure out the licensing ... more »
Convergence is back!! Cable company wants to buy Disney
by
DavidAkin
on Wed 11 Feb 2004 11:31 AM EST
Just when you thought the idea of media convergence was dead and buried,
it's back in a big way. Today, Comcast, the the largest cable company in the
U.S., made a bid for Disney, the Mickey Mouse people. The deal would combine
a wires (distribution) business with a content production ... more »
Monday, February 9
The Dean Campaign and the Fickle Press
by
DavidAkin
on Mon 09 Feb 2004 04:51 PM EST
Lots of prominent Net pundits have suggested that Big Media was responsible for doing U.S. Democratic candidate Howard Dean in. Well, before I say something about this, let's look at what another prominent Net pundit, Clay Shirky, has to say about this:... more »
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